The Reading Warehouse

Move the needle on math instruction with these 5 assessment techniques!

Mathematics education experts Fennell, Kobett, and Wray offer five of the most impactful and proven formative assessment techniques you can implement--Observations, Interviews, Show Me, Hinge Questions, and Exit Tasks-- every day. You'll find that this palette of classroom-based techniques will truly assess learning and inform teaching.

This book gives you a concise, research-based, classroom-dedicated plan with lots of tools to guide your daily use of The Formative 5. K-8 teachers will learn to

• Directly connect assessment to planning and teaching
• Engineer effective classroom questioning, discussions, and learning tasks
• Provide success criteria and feedback that moves students forward

Includes a book study guide, samples, and a companion website with downloadables and multi-media examples.

Beth McCord Kobett, EdD, is an associate professor in the School of Education at Stevenson University, where she works with preservice teachers and leads professional learning efforts in mathematics education both regionally and nationally. She is also the lead consultant for the Elementary Mathematics and Specialist and Teacher Leadership Project. She is a former classroom teacher, elementary mathematics specialist, adjunct professor, and university supervisor. She is the current president of the Association of Maryland Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMMTE) and former chair of the Professional Development Services Committee of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Dr. Kobett is a recipient of the Mathematics Educator of the Year Award from the Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM). She has also received Stevenson University's Excellence in Teaching Award as both an adjunct and full-time member of the Stevenson faculty.